brez

Albanian

Etymology

From *bren + suffix -ëz, from Proto-Albanian *breuna, from Proto-Indo-European *breun- (compare Old English preōn ‘pin, brooch needle’, Lithuanian briaunà ‘edge’). Compare Romanian brâu ~ dialectal brân. Alternatively a plural form of Proto-Indo-European *bhratēr 'brother'. Compare Illyrian bra 'brother' (in toponyms Brač, Bratia), Old Church Slavic bratь.

Noun

brez m (indefinite plural breza)

1. belt, girdle
2. generation, bloodline

Related terms

• mbreh

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (standard): bèz
• (Croatia) prez, preza

Preposition

brez

1. (Croatia) without
   • 1501, Marko Marolić, Judita:

     O koliko blude ki kažu došasna,

     brez razbora sude kakono iza sna;

   • 1556, Petar Hektorović, Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje:

     Tuj se pokripismo na volju brez priše

     I pismo i jismo koliko kî htiše

   • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

     Vazda vaše vire ljubav me poteza

     Tere me brez mire jakom uzom veza,

   • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:

     a kći, moja krvca, gola je brez ruha,

     uboga brez drvca i gladna brez kruha!"

   • 1871, August Šenoa, Zlatarevo zlato:

     Lijepa naša gospodarica ne govori posve brez razloga.

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bez, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵʰ-

Pronunciation

• IPA: /brɛs/, /brɛz/
• Tonal: brez

Preposition

brez

1. (with genitive) without